1810 16th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
United States
Please note that this class will be offered as a hybrid class. You are welcome to join either in-person or online. Please see the updated Covid policies below for more information.
Join local voice and dialect coach, Zach Campion to learn how to develop your best Irish Accent!
Each student will walk away with a resource packet detailing sound changes of the dialect, complete with sound clips and practice phrases to continue developing your skills after each class. The basics of our monthly dialect class will teach you how to approach accents every time you work with them.
Zach Campion is a freelance voice, speech and dialect coach based in the DC/NOVA. He works with a wide range of clients such as professional theatres, performers, and professionals looking to modify or acquire accents. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Right to Be Forgotten, Kleptocracy, Indecent, Sovereignty, The Price, Smart People; Signature Theatre: Heisenberg,The Gulf. Studio Theatre: Hand to God, Vietgone, The Remains, Terminus; Olney Theatre Center: Matilda, Labour of Love, The Invisible Hand, Aubergine, Annie, My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd, On the Town; Ford's Theatre: The Wiz; Mosaic Theatre: Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World. Mr. Campion is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and is a member of the Studio Acting Conservatory faculty. EDUCATION: MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA in Performance and Production from Texas State University. voicecoachdc.com.
Updated Covid Policy
As of September 2022, the instructors of each individual workshop will decide on masks for their classes. If the instructor is okay with no masks during the event, then masking will not be required. Any student who wishes to remain masked during an in-person class is welcomed to do so. The AC highly encourages everyone attending in-person workshops to test themselves before arriving to class.
Cancellation Policy: It is expected that if you sign up to take a workshop that you will be present at that event. If you register for a workshop series, it is expected you will be present for all days in that workshop series.
Please make note of our updated workshop cancellation guidelines regarding refunds:
All cancellations made less than 24 hours in advance will not be issued a refund or credit for the workshop.
All cancellations made between 24-48 hours in advance will not be issued a refund for the workshop, but will be issued a credit to their account.
All cancellations made more than 48 hours in advance will receive a full refund.
Please contact the AC at staff@actorscenter.org if canceling due to illness or another situation arises. We are happy to work with individuals on a case by case basis.